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Denver’s InnovAge was struggling long before Medicare stopped paying
A company tasked with caring for some of Colorado's sickest people failed to consistently provide basic services like insulin injections for more than a year before state and federal authorities...
How Coloradans are trying to thwart antibiotic-resistant bacteria: “It’s a silent pandemic”
Efforts to create new antibiotics face significant hurdles: a Colorado senator's bill to give drug companies incentives has stalled, and a different type of treatment being researched in Boulder is...
Colorado nursing homes face pandemic-worsened staffing crisis: “It’s a struggle on a daily basis”
It's never been easy finding workers willing to help others with their most personal bodily functions for not much more than they'd earn at a fast-food restaurant, but the pandemic...
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Older Coloradans nearly back to pre-pandemic death rates, but middle-aged people dying younger than expected
Death rates shot up in 2020 and 2021, as COVID-19 and an increasingly dangerous illicit drug supply took out Coloradans at rates not seen in decades.
Possible measles exposure at Monarch Pass gift shop last week
Symptoms of measles include a fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a rash that usually starts on the face.
COVID infection early in pandemic linked to higher risk of cancer death, CU study finds
COVID-19 didn’t directly cause the cancer to spread, but created an environment where dormant cells elsewhere in patients’ bodies can wake up.
Colorado man officially back from the dead after Social Security mistake
Alex Vukovich first found out that the federal government had him listed as dead when his January Social Security payment disappeared from his bank account.
Preventing youth violence in Denver with jobs, hospital visits — and quesadillas
The connection between a cheesy lunch special and preventing violence might not be obvious to everyone, but in a neighborhood where food insecurity is common, a free meal can start...
University of Colorado Hospital postpones non-emergency surgeries due to staffing shortage
The hospital, in Aurora, prioritized emergencies and urgent cases during the shortfall, but is starting to return to a more-normal volume of pre-scheduled procedures.
Visitors to an RV park, hospital in Gunnison County may have been exposed to measles
Measles symptoms include fever, cough, a runny nose, red eyes and a rash that typically starts on the face. The rash usually appears about four days after a person becomes...
Congress running out of time to head off Colorado’s 28% spike in health-insurance costs
The largest factor behind the anticipated surge in premiums is that higher federal subsidies put in place during the pandemic will expire Dec. 31.
Colorado med spa recalls weight-loss and vitamin injections because of unsterile conditions
Thrive Health Solutions also faces a lawsuit from drugmaker Eli Lilly, for allegedly making false claims about FDA approval when selling compounded version of tirzepatide.
Coloradans say politics is state’s top problem — and they feel powerless to do anything about it
Last year, respondents listed the cost of living as the biggest challenge, followed by the cost of housing, government and politics, immigration and homelessness.